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Pickmere, Cheshire
Veronica, your observation that Wythenshawe [North Cheshire] was drained in the mediaeval period has struck me as true, as what you said made me realize that many of the local place names there are mediaeval rather than Anglo-Saxon, which fact ...
frankbeswick, on 07/19/2016
A Victorian Christmas
Ty Candy. What a charming sentiment. I often wish I were born in those days which although harsh, were simpler. Christmas is now too commercialised for my liking.
It is interesting to see how we celebrate though has develop from history.
Veronica, on 07/19/2016
A Victorian Christmas
This is such a pleasant article. It makes me long for simpler times.
candy47, on 07/19/2016
Pickmere, Cheshire
You will find that soils can vary a great deal locally.
frankbeswick, on 07/19/2016
Bassenthwaite; Lakeland Wildlife Park, Cumbria
thanks for that !
Veronica, on 07/19/2016
Pickmere, Cheshire
That is very interesting. TY .
Where we were brought up on the Cheshire Plain the soil was clay.
Veronica, on 07/19/2016
Mudeford Quay, Christchurch, Dorset, England
I love to visit places along the seashore, and eat fresh seafood. This place looks popular, with all the visitors. So people will catch crabs and then just let them go? It's the fun of catching them I guess. Interesting. Thanks for ...
dustytoes, on 07/19/2016
Bassenthwaite; Lakeland Wildlife Park, Cumbria
Strange, isn't it? I have known you since 1957 and only in the last year or so have I learned that you have a talent for photography.
frankbeswick, on 07/19/2016
Pickmere, Cheshire
The salt lake was in the late Paleozoic era, about 210 million years ago, hence that is why they mine deep for the salt that it deposited. More recent geological events have involved glaciation and its aftermath. The presence of glacial clay on ...
frankbeswick, on 07/19/2016
College Has Changed
Water is the only drink allowed, but some schools now provide a water bottle and will not allow students to bring in their own.
frankbeswick, on 07/19/2016
College Has Changed
I also have a practice of not allowing any bottles or cans. I found out years ago there is a service that will carefully add a cheat sheet in an ingredient field, which is less obvious than writing on it. But, others are lax about such things. ...
blackspanielgallery, on 07/19/2016
College Has Changed
The UK rule is that the college cannot ban any student for malpractice in an exam ,but if malpractice is discovered the college is obliged to report it immediately to the examination board, who take action to ban the miscreant. If necessary the ...
frankbeswick, on 07/19/2016
College Has Changed
Here it is a serious problem. Students not only have access to phones, but they can connect to wifi, so they can look up answers if allowed to use them. They try to hold them out of site, So we must be vigilant. We have no way of checking ...
blackspanielgallery, on 07/19/2016
Cool Gadgets for Geeks and Travelers Part II
:) Thank you, Henry!
Mira, on 07/19/2016
College Has Changed
My husband was exams officer in a large college and it was instant disqualification if student had a phone.
Veronica, on 07/19/2016